I am glad they did not. they look to damn good with out them and I think it would ruin the lines.

 

I agree. I think the other A bodies with them look odd.

 

I wish they would have... I always thought a GSX spoiler would look awesome on a Chevelle.

 

That GSX spoiler would look good on a Pinto
Damn good looking spoiler

 

They would look good on a 68 or later

 

i kinda like the 69 z front lower spoiler i have seen on a couple 70-72 chevelles.dont know about the rear,poss the small 70 z28?can anyone photo shop some up.

 

i kinda like the 69 z front lower spoiler i have seen on a couple 70-72 chevelles.dont know about the rear,poss the small 70 z28?can anyone photo shop some up.

sorry i meant if the rear was almost molded something like foose would do.

 

I've seen some 70 Chevelles in pictures with a front spoiler. Didn't look bad at all.

 

I was surprised they didn't know the answer. The Chevelles had such great styling they didn't need any tuner stuff to make the look good.

 

So the myriad of factory spoilers from the late 60's Detroit qualifies as "tuner stuff" now?

It was an integral part of the pony/muscle/supercar era in Detroit. Chevrolet just didn't jump on it aside from the Camaro which was one of the two models that comprise GM's response to the Mustang, and the 67-70 Mustang had a lot of euro-racing inspired ideas so it makes sense that GM would have race-inspired appearance packages for the F-body cars.

 

One company called Spoilers By Randy makes front air dams for a lot of different cars and look pretty good.

I figured I'd get a good number of opinions on whether Chevelles would look good with them or not, and that's a matter of taste I suppose. What I'm researching though is was there a concious effort to NOT offer rear spoilers on Chevelles when the other 3 lines had them.

 

Me like them!:thumbsup: Not sure about the rear one. Just a matter of them being born with a rear one. Then we all like them.

 

Chevy probably didn't put a spoiler on their version of the A body because they didn't want to have to use it on the NASCAR racers.
altho a NASCAR style aluminum rear spoiler would have been a badass option..

 

0n a 65, Spoilers by Randy, MEDAL, not plastic.

 

If 1970 LS-6 Chevelles came factory with a Big set of BULL HORNS on the hood, everyone here would say they looked awesome and NOS Bull Horns would be fetching mucho dough on ebay.

 

If you took a GSX rear spoiler and put it on a 70 Chevelle and then took another GSX rear spoiler and bolted it on top of the first one the car would then be twice as fast and way cooler at the same time :yes:

 

You do know if you add the GT-R optional sticker it add 500rwhp right

 

the Buick gs is 1 of 2 cars I think look better than 69-72 chevelles...the other being Cudas

the front spoilers Randy makes look awesome, I want one as soon as I can afford one

 

Dale,
Very interesting question, but we'll probably never know the answer. I will say, however, that Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, and Oldsmobile functioned as highly independent companies back in that time period. It would surprise me if the "corp" ever had any specific discussion on the topic or provided direction. The nameplate marketing groups usually got their way when it came time to decide content.

Craig

 

Dale,
Very interesting question, but we'll probably never know the answer. I will say, however, that Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, and Oldsmobile functioned as highly independent companies back in that time period. It would surprise me if the "corp" ever had any specific discussion on the topic or provided direction. The nameplate marketing groups usually got their way when it came time to decide content.

Craig

I agree...

Was the GSX/Judge/etc spoiler ever "optional"? or only available as part of those overall appearance packages?

Did those other divisions ever get cowl plenum air cleaner setups? Why did the Olds get the under-the-bumper ram air setup (as early as 1966?), but Chevy chose to go the thru-the-firewall route until 1970?

Looking at Chevy, they seemed to be more "serious". Look at the GSX, Yellow or White, with multi-colored graphics, rear wing, front air dam, hood tach... Its screaming for attention, with no "sleeper " version of the GSX available. Now look at the 70 Chevelle. You could order the LS6 in a drab color like beige, no stripes, functional or non-functional hood, more of a serious performance car... Maybe Chevy didn't feel the need to get creative beyond a few simple stripes.

Z28s, at least the spoilers were smaller, where the judge/GSX where pretty large, and probably didn't actually help performance at all...

 

I met up with Randy from "Spoilers by Randy" at chevellabration 09' and I bought one to fit our 70'.ALL METAL construction and included all bolts and brackets and was a direct fit.

 

apparently he is from Lowell, AR which is about 15 minutes from my current location in Fayetteville, AR

 

Randy is a real nice guy. He's a member here and posts in the el Camino section some.

He's very low key about his spoilers though. I don't think he wants anyone to interpret it as advertising so he only "answers when asked". His screen name is rsgthelmick.

 

homemade tuner par

ts...flatbar,cardboard,fiberglass..:thumbsup:

 

sorry about size of pic.....

 

IMHO,these cars don't need any spoliers and the addition of them always looks out of place to me.
It's (1970-72) one of the most sexist bodystyles ever created by the General,anything would look tacked on to me...:yes:

 

IMHO,these cars don't need any spoliers and the addition of them always looks out of place to me.
It's (1970-72) one of the most sexist bodystyles ever created by the General,anything would look tacked on to me...:yes:

I disagree... this picture illustrates why. No matter how much you lower your car, the front bumper will STILL be too high off the ground.

 

You could order the Judge spoiler and stripes on any regular GTO after mid-1970.

One thing to look at..... Chevrolet sold a LOT more cars than the other 3 divisions that shared the A-body platform. Most people knew that Chevy didn't need gimmicks, they had the best power around.

The reason for the spoilers on the Camaro was to homologate them for Trans Am racing, which GM was big into in 1967-69....

 

I noticed several mentioned that a spoiler would look bad on a Chevelle. However, while that would be the case today since Chevrolet never put a spoiler on it to begin with.

But that begs a different prospective. We look at this that way because that has been the way we have lived with Chevelles for 40 years. Also shows that BOP cars for the last 40 years have had both and IMO, look good either ways, while Chevelles look good without.

But think about it. Had Chevrolet had the option or a package on the Chevelle that did come with a spoiler, then we would have also lived with there being a spoiler on the Chevelle since it was new. Which in terms would give us a different perspective all together. The real reason they look strange is because they never had one, had they did, we wouldnt know them to look strange with it today.

Anyways, I knew a kid in the early 90s that had a beat up 70 Malibu that had a BOP spoiler on it and I thought it looked pretty good. Today not so much.

 

One thing to consider is that for Buick and Oldsmobile, the A-body was their "sporty" car. They didn't have an F-body, or a Corvette to bring young people into the dealerships. They had to make an A-body look like a sports car to do that. Pontiac had the Firebird, but I think the GTO was probably more appealing to young buyers because it already had made its name popular.

 

I think the front air dam on the chevelles looks a little off. They look nice on the older camaros though.

 

I have to agree with Chris and his take. Maybe if Chevelles had come with a rear spoiler option we would be more attuned to it. We tend to accept things today because they were the way they were back then. To me, the 70-72 stripes look out of place on any other year. The 69 side stripe would look out of place even on a 68. The 69 & 70 SS wheels just don't have the same appeal on another year. I love the two-tone interiors of the 66 but think they'd look strangely out of place in a 67 and if BOP interiors hadn't been used in 68, intra-GM swaps would seem very strange in other years. Even paint colors for one year look odd on another; maybe Monaco Orange and Daytona Yellow look good on a 70 because several were special ordered with it but might look out of place on a 66-68. Anyway, just my thoughts...:beers: